Lynedoch Gardiner

General Sir Henry Lynedoch Gardiner KCVO CB (12 February 1820^[1][2] – 15 December 1897) was a British Army general who served in the Royal Artillery and was on the Royal Commission for the Defence of Canada in 1861.^[3]

Military service

He was the son of General Sir Robert Gardiner and Caroline Mary Macleod. He was born at his grandfather Lieutenant General Sir John Macleod's house in St James's Park. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, entering the Royal Artillery in 1837, and subsequently serving in Canada and in India.^[4]

He was Equerry to Queen Victoria from 1872 to 1896.^[5] The Queen granted him use of Thatched House Lodge in Richmond Park as a grace and favour residence. From 1896 to 1897 he was King of Arms of the Order of the Bath and Commandant of the Horse Artillery.^[4]

Surviving photograph and diaries

There is a photograph of Gardiner and his daughter in the Royal Collection.^[5] His diaries – covering the years 1837 and 1839–68 – are held at Cambridge University Library.^[6]

References

1. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1917
2. UK, British Army Lists, 1882–1962
3. "General Sir Henry Lynedoch Gardiner: Diaries". Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives. 1837–1868. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
4. "Obituary". The New York Times. 16 December 1897.
5. "Colonel Lynedoch Gardiner and his daughter. 1874. Royal Household Portraits. Volume 55". Collection. Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
6. "Diaries: Gardiner, Sir Henry Lynedoch (1820–1897) Knight General". Discovery. The National Archives (United Kingdom). Retrieved 23 July 2016.

Heraldic offices
Preceded by Admiral Lord Frederic Kerr	King of Arms of the Order of the Bath 1896–1897	Succeeded by Major General Sir John Carstairs McNeil